ჟაჴუ̂ა̈რ

Svan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ჟაჴუ̂- (žaqû-, “birch”) +‎ -რა (-ra, “plant, tree designation”), from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁aqw-. Cognate with Georgian ძახველი (ʒaxveli, “guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)”).[1][2]

Noun

ჟაჴუ̂ა̈რ • (žaqûär) (plural ჟაჴუ̂ა̈რა̈ლ)

  1. birch (Betula)

Further reading
  • Dondua, K. D. (2001), “ჟაჴუ̂ე̄რ”, in Svansko-gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ (Lašxskij dialekt) [Svan-Georgian-Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologičeskaja biblioteka; 6), Revised and prepared for publication by Oniani A., Tbilisi: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University, page 253a
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994), “ჟაჴუ̂ა̈რ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 248b
  • Oniani, Arsen (1917), “ჟაჴუ̂ე̄რ”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 25a
  • Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “ჟაჴუ̂ა̈რ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1529

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 284
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 603
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